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Bill: National Anthem Act of 2877
Details
Submitted by[?]: Northern Arrow Party (UM)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2878
Description[?]:
| Our national anthem is a way to inculcate respect for the principles of the nation in our children. Weak national identity on the border regions has made such a bill necessary for the future development of our nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:52:12, January 12, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the National Anthem Act of 2877 |
| Message | [OOC: It would be better if you put these two issues in different bills, I would argue...one clamps down on civil rights slightly, whereas it could be said the other extends civil rights.] |
| Date | 17:03:10, January 12, 2010 CET | From | Northern Arrow Party (UM) | To | Debating the National Anthem Act of 2877 |
| Message | [OOC: Civil rights are not one of my party's primary concerns, but sure, I'll split them up if that means we can pass one and not the other.] |
| Date | 20:04:00, January 12, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the National Anthem Act of 2877 |
| Message | We will not vote for this measure until the anthem is changed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 343 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 48 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a cheque. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - Martin Luther King Jr. |